Novel Day -160 (4,120 words)

The past three days saw a boom in word count, covering 2,260 words (330, 330, and 1,600 words respectively)!

In terms of story progression there wasn't much of a breakthrough. You were right, Mr. Hemingway, it does look like the first draft of anything is shit. Though there's an upsurge in word count story-wise it's going nowhere special. I tried getting into the heads of a few minor characters and digging up interesting facts about their world but none has so far yielded anything breathtaking.

Only solution: write on. There isn't much of a choice.

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